The last time I was moving — being moved, rather — at more than 100 miles an hour was Monday in seat 4D of a Canadair regional jet on the runway at the Eugene Airport. A day before, it was on a German autobahn in the back seat of a BMW driven by my nephew. We were […]
There was a story in the paper Tuesday about changes in air travel. It said airlines were beginning to offer passengers goodies or extra services in exchange for additional fees. That’s bound to make air travel even more burdensome than it already is for those passengers who either can’t or won’t pay extra. For example, […]
After a few days off for my mother’s funeral in Germany, I’m back at my home laptop with this and that. Here (in the video above) is a quick and very limited look at the little town where I’ve been the last few days. I was struck by, among other things, the development of wind power […]
Dear readers, Thanks for following my offerings here. I’ll have to take a few days off in order to attend my mother’s funeral. Expect the next items to appear here about Oct. 2. Hope to see you then. Hasso Hering
Tables with lots of numbers are useful, but not if the tables are incomplete and either confusing or misleading as a result. Take, for example, the city of Albany’s “Popular Annual Financial Report.” Officials are proud of this 20-page illustrated effort to explain the money angle of city government. The city staff has a long history of […]
Here’s a bit of news from the political front. In an email on another subject, I asked Rep. Andy Olson, R-Albany: “And by the way, are you going for another term in the House in ’14 or do you have other plans?” His answer a few days later, on Sept. 22: “I do plan to […]
Albany email dispute: Story continues
Tom Cordier, the citizen activist in Albany, has scored a partial victory for the public’s right to get public records, in this case email addresses. The case also raises a question about the city’s own use of those addresses. Cordier had sought to use a list of 33,800 addresses to which the city government emails its […]
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